Carr condemns barbaric Pakistan bomb blast

AUSTRALIANS are appalled by a bomb blast that killed 81 people in southwestern Pakistan, Foreign Minister Bob Carr says.

The attack against the minority Shi'ite community also wounded close to 200 people. The bomb was hidden in a water tanker in a crowded market in Hazara town, a Shi'ite-dominated area on the edge of Quetta.

Senator Carr condemned the attack as an act of terrorism.

"All Australians would be appalled at the barbarism involved in bombing innocent civilians going about their lives," Senator Carr said in a statement on Monday.

"I welcome the condemnation of these attacks by the government of Pakistan and urge swift action to bring the perpetrators to justice."